QUINCY, Ill. – The Quincy University women's volleyball team closed out the 2026 season Saturday afternoon inside Pepsi Arena, falling to Missouri S&T in four sets, 25-18, 21-25, 18-25, 23-25, on Senior Day. The Hawks finish the season 17-12 overall and 4-9 in GLVC play.
Prior to the match, Quincy honored seniors Blaike Knolhoff, Selin Turgut, Erin Matzke, Amber Glen and Macey Rocco for their contributions to the program.
The Hawks opened the match with their best set of the afternoon. After the teams traded points early, Quincy used a 6-0 run to turn a 13-12 advantage into a commanding 19-12 lead. Kocaalp helped spark the stretch with a kill and service ace, while the Hawks also capitalized on several Missouri S&T attack errors. The Miners never recovered, and Matzke put down the final kill to secure a 25-18 opening-set victory.
Quincy hit .270 in the frame with 14 kills and only four errors while holding Missouri S&T to a .065 hitting percentage with eight kills and six errors.
The second set was a much tighter battle. Neither team could gain much separation through the early stages, with the score tied eight different times. The Hawks held a 10-10 tie before Missouri S&T put together the first meaningful run, scoring six straight points to take a 16-10 advantage.
Quincy continued to battle and gradually trimmed the deficit to two at 19-17 behind kills from Bíliková and Kocaalp. The Hawks later pulled within three at 24-21 after a Rocco service ace, but the Miners answered with the set-clinching kill to even the match at one set apiece. Quincy totaled a match-high 15 kills in the frame but committed 10 attack errors to hit .119, while Missouri S&T hit .182 with 12 kills and four errors.
The Hawks came out strong in the third, building an early 9-3 advantage behind a balanced offensive attack and several Missouri S&T errors. The Miners slowly chipped away, though, cutting the deficit to 16-15 before completely flipping the momentum.
Missouri S&T scored eight consecutive points to turn a one-point deficit into a 23-16 advantage, with the service line playing a major role in the run. The Miners eventually closed out the frame 25-18 to take their first lead of the match. Quincy hit .200 with 10 kills and five errors, while Missouri S&T hit .243 with 14 kills and five errors while adding six service aces in the set.
Facing the end of its season, Quincy continued to fight in the fourth. Missouri S&T built an early 11-5 lead, but the Hawks slowly worked their way back into the set. Trailing 17-13, Quincy scored seven of the next nine points behind contributions from Turgut, Matzke and Stamenic to take a 20-19 lead.
The teams traded points from there, with the set eventually tied at 22. Missouri S&T regained the advantage with a kill before moving to match point at 24-22. Kocaalp kept the Hawks alive with one final kill, but the Miners answered on the next rally to take the set 25-23 and close out the match. Quincy hit .171 with 14 kills and seven errors, while Missouri S&T finished with 16 kills on .227 hitting.
The match was evenly played statistically, with both teams finishing at an identical .186 hitting percentage. Quincy held a 53-50 advantage in kills and a 74-57 edge in digs, while Missouri S&T held a slight 10-9 advantage in total blocks. The biggest difference came at the service line, where the Miners finished with 12 aces compared to seven for the Hawks.
Turgut led the Quincy attack on Senior Day with 15 kills while adding 13 digs and five block assists for a team-high 18.5 points. It marked her fourth match this season with at least 15 kills and her 11th double-double, including her fourth straight to close the season.
Kocaalp finished her freshman campaign with a team-high 16 kills and added 11 digs for her 11th double-double of the season. It was her eighth match of the year with at least 15 kills. Olivia Curry added 11 kills on an efficient .348 hitting percentage while contributing three block assists.
Rocco closed out her Quincy career with 37 assists, 11 digs and three service aces for her 14th double-double of the season and fourth in as many matches. Glen also turned in a career performance in her final match, recording a career-high 11 assists to go along with a team-high 18 digs for the first double-double of her career.
Matzke finished with five kills and a match-high seven block assists, while Bíliková added five kills on .308 hitting with two block assists and a service ace. Stamenic chipped in 12 digs and an ace in the final match of the 2026 campaign.
The loss snapped Quincy's seven-match winning streak over Missouri S&T and marked the Miners' first victory over the Hawks inside Pepsi Arena since 2013. With the defeat, Quincy officially closes the 2026 season with a 17-12 overall record.
